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Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis
Lids:
 • Stye (a.k.a. hordeolum)
 • Chalazion
 • Blepharitis
 • Periorbital cellulitis
Conjunctiva
Red Eye - Differential ... • Periorbital cellulitis ... hemorrhage • Dry eyes ... Cornea: • Corneal ... table #causes #ophthalmology
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Anatomical Approach to Eye ... Orbit: • Orbital cellulitis ... in vision • Eye ... with or without eye ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Selected Differential Diagnosis of Eye Pain: Key Features and Management Options

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
Differential Diagnosis of Eye ... - Scleritis Cornea ... keratitis - Corneal ... neuritis - Orbital cellulitis ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Orbital Cellulitis ... -> Corneal drying ... #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
• Loss of the eye ... non-functional eye ... #Xeropthalmia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Atraumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lids / Orbit / Lacrimal System:
 • Blepharitis
 • Stye
Atraumatic Red Eye ... • Pre-septal cellulitis ... • Orbital Cellulitis ... • Keratitis/Corneal ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Hyperopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Axial length of eye -> Short axial length of the
(ex. cornea, lens ... point behind the retina ... focused onto the retina ... #Hyperopia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Conjunctivitis, corneal ... ophthalmicus • Orbital cellulitis ... Unilateral or bilateral symptoms ... • Corneal ulcer ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
Transmission -> Eye-seeking ... of the limbal cornea ... Lubrication • Dry eye ... Trachoma #Chlamydia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Approach to an Eye Exam

1. History
2. Obvious Physical Trauma
3. Initial Assessment
  A. Visual Acuity
Approach to an Eye ... Accommodation, RAPD ... Cornea D. ... Retina B. ... EyeExamination #Approach #Ophthalmology